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The Great Liberal Split of 2025
The wets have won. Now their empire stretches over the remains of Menzies’ Child. Echoing the Great Labor Split of…
Democracy: a vanishing ideal
It is never a good idea to seek to save ‘democracy’ by destroying it. Nevertheless, this is now happening in…
Reform Oz? One Nation or bust
The success of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is dominating conservative thinking in Australia. Some see Gerard Rennick as the…
Farage: the Reform Australia needs
The surge in popularity of the UK Reform Party should provide some thought for the future of the declining Australian…
Littleproud paves the way for Ley-Wilson Wokefest
The National Party had a chance to give conservatives a sense of dignity by electing Matt Canavan as their new…
Politicians shouldn’t be friends
Should political foes be friends? We who live in Western Democracies are quick to answer with a resounding ‘yes’. This…
What the leadership needs is unapologetic historical Liberalism
As the Liberal party licks its wounds after last weekend’s defeat, it must reckon with how far its political judgment…
Mr Albanese, where’s your commitment to our sickest children?
Poo might not grab headlines, but for some children it’s a daily medical struggle requiring support, surgery, and lifelong care.…
Our cultural fragility is not Donald Trump’s responsibility
Kevin Rudd was left barking up the wrong tree this week when he collared a tax to Bluey’s neck. ‘I…
Liberating schools means liberating teachers
There is very little wrong with schooling, or even universities, that could not be solved by gutting bureaucracies. Despite the…
The centre is in trouble
Paul Kelly thinks that the Albanese victory on May 3, 2025, is the beginning of a long and stable Labor…
Factions killed Liberal broad church
Formalised factions are commonly associated with socialist political parties. Marx viewed religion as the opiate of the masses. No wonder…
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price: I will not put any limitations on myself
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s talent for leadership has been the topic of conversation since she was credited with defeating the…
Dutton is like Biden, not Trump
The media, and all their highly decorated journalists parading from one channel to the next, are wrong about the Liberal…
Culturally, structurally, and ideologically rigged
Let me be clear, the federal election was rigged. Not with ballot stuffing or hacked machines but with something far…
Net Zero by 2050: nothing but a marketing slogan
A screen grab on Sky News Australia’s Outsiders during the election campaign showed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton saying words to…
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Trump punctures India’s hype
But risks significant harm to their strategic partnership as an Indo-Pacific counterweight to China
